Beyond Trees (1)

Future Biogas

At Future Biogas’ anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Taverham, Norfolk, ‘break crops’ (the secondary crop that is planted during a crop rotation) are used as biomass feedstock. Biomass is grown on approximately 400 hectares of land and delivered to the plant from a group of 20 farmers within the local area. The plant generates around 12,800 MWh of renewable electricity per year.

The break crops, for example maize, used at the Future Biogas' site, deliver a substantial yield of biomass and therefore the amount of both food and energy it is possible to generate per hectare farmed is maximised.

Other biomass crops such as grass, organic red clover, whole crop rye or triticale can also be used, and all can be grown using the natural fertiliser produced bythe biogas process, known as the digestate.